01/02/2019
Excerpt from the Coast Guard Maritime Commons
The Coast Guard has increased the minimum random drug testing rate for 2019 as a result of Drug and Alcohol Management Information System data for the most recent reporting year indicating that the positive rate is greater than one percent.
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From all of us at TVIB, we wish you and yours the warmest greetings of the season and best wishes for happiness in the new year. One of the real joys this holiday season is the opportunity to say thank you and wish you the very best for the new year.
Holiday Schedule
Christmas: Offices closed Monday 12/24 and Tuesday 12/25
New Years: Offices closed Monday 12/31 and Tuesday 1/1
If you need immediate assistance during our holiday schedule please call our 24-Hour Response Line – (888) 983-TVIB (8842) and the appropriate staff member will respond promptly.
Come out and see TVIB at the 2018 International WorkBoat Show. Stop by and visit with our staff, auditors and surveyors.
Located in Booth 3944
Chris Parsonage, Executive Director and President of TVIB will be speaking on a panel at this year’s International WorkBoat Show next week in New Orleans. The panel, Subchapter M Has Arrived. Now What?, will be Thursday, November 29th from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm in the Think Tank, Collaboration Zone. Chris will be joined by Kevin Gilheany of Maritime Compliance International, LLC, and David Kapf, Editor of WorkBoat magazine.
The session will focus on the Certificate of Inspection (COI), requirements, inspector checklists, what to do before, during and after an inspection and the early lessons learned from the issuance of the initial COIs.
The TVIB staff wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving. We look forward to seeing you all next week in New Orleans.
